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Wrongfully convicted Chicago man released from jail after serving 29 years for murder he didn't commit
Robert Johnson had been behind bars since he was a teenager. He was freed Thursday night after a jury overturned his murder conviction. There was no physical evidence or witnesses who tied Johnson to ...
Robert Johnson released after jury vacates his conviction in 1996 Chicago murder
After nearly 30 years, a man who was wrongly convicted of a murder in Chicago was able to walk free Thursday night.Robert ...
Chicago Police Board meets for first time without exiting COPA leader
The Chicago Police Board gathered Thursday night for its monthly meeting at CPD headquarters, the first since the head of the ...
Chicago man released from prison after conviction for 1996 murder is thrown out: 'An end to this nightmare'
Robert Johnson was 16 years old when he was arrested in 1996 on charges of murder, home invasion and armed robbery and was ...
Andrea Kersten headed COPA, the agency that investigates Chicago police misconduct. Here's what happened before she quit.
The backstage drama days before she resigned included a threatened no-confidence vote by a city oversight panel that could ...
Is Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events on the ropes?
The department has lost about a quarter of its staff in the last year. Other signs point to problems at DCASE, which helps ...
How one Chicago woman’s genealogical search led her to a potter’s field in Canada
Robin Moore initially had one purpose: learn more about the life of her grandfather Reginald Moore. She never expected that mission to take her to a grassy field in a remote part of Canada, where ...
Chicago man has 1996 murder conviction vacated, released from prison after nearly 30 years
A 43-year-old man is being released from prison Thursday after he was wrongfully convicted of murder when he was just 16, a ...